French Animation Exports Slide: Established IPs Hold But New Properties Struggle As North America Hits 16-Year Low
French animation exports fell nearly 10% in 2024, with North American sales plunging 37% to their weakest level since 2008.
French animation exports fell nearly 10% in 2024, with North American sales plunging 37% to their weakest level since 2008.
Luminate’s 2025 report shows how generative AI is reshaping animation jobs, putting some roles at risk, changing others, and creating new positions.
Carola explores independence and risk-taking with 'My Neighbor,' a handmade pilot about kindness and community.
Debt-hit Corus halts production at Nelvana, ending decades of beloved Canadian animation from 'Care Bears,' 'Babar,' 'The Magic Schoolbus,' and more.
Disney will pay $10M to settle FTC claims it misclassified YouTube videos for kids, suggesting stricter rules for online content providers.
Prime Video premieres 'Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26' on Nov 7, an anime anthology adapting eight early stories from the 'Chainsaw Man' creator.
Animator Justin Rasch turns his lifelong Conan fandom into a stop-motion social campaign, bringing the Barbarian into battle with a Cthulhu-like monstrosity.
'Jujutsu Kaisen' returns in January with Season 3, The Culling Game arc, streaming weekly on Crunchyroll outside of Asia.
At the 'Frankenstein' world premiere, Christoph Waltz claimed that 'CGI is for losers,' but to whom was he, a regular in effects-heavy blockbusters, referring?
Glitch Productions debuts its first 2D series, 'Knights of Guinevere,' from 'Owl House' creator Dana Terrace and team, with a pilot coming September 19.
At Destination D23, Pixar previewed 'Toy Story 5' and 'Hoppers' and announced a 'Toy Story' re-release and Disney shared 'Zootopia 2' casting updates.
Don Hertzfeldt-curated 'Animation Mixtape' premieres at IFC Center tonight, reviving the big-screen experience for short films before touring nationwide.
French hybrid special ‘TRASH!’, a dark comedy about the afterlife of a coffee cup, gets global distribution from Miam!, expanding the company's YA catalog.
The 52nd Student Academy Awards honored a half-dozen animation and experimental films which are now eligible for the 98th Oscars.
Journalist and writer Roland Kelts, Ghibli vet and Studio Ponoc founder Geoffrey Wexler, and Polygon Pictures' CEO Shuzo John Shiota share insights on anime’s global boom.
'KPop Demon Hunters' becomes Netflix’s most watched original film ever with nearly a month left in its 91-day tracking window to extend its lead.
A spoof Morph “Plasticine Action” T-shirt led to a protester’s arrest in London after police mistook it for support of a banned activist group.
Netflix unveils production on 'Blue Eye Samurai' Season 2 with a new featurette, plus updates on 'Splinter Cell,' 'Devil May Cry,' and 'Record of Ragnarok III.'
'Tuca & Bertie' Lisa Hanawalt discusses shaping the look of 'BoJack Horseman' and reinventing her style for 'Long Story Short' with Raphael Bob-Waksberg.
Noggin’s return brings fresh opportunities for indie animators as the platform expands into games, streaming, and real-world experiences.